NYT 0906 Friday Sep 06, 2024 Crossword Clues Hints

Break down the NYT Crosswords: September 06, 2024

Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

NYT 0906 Friday Sep 06, 2024 Crossword Clues Hints

Across Clues with Answers:

• The clue is 1. Mollycoddle. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: BABY

  Possible Answer : mollycoddle, sister, pamper, cocker, coddle, child, infant, featherbed, indulge, spoil, baby, babe, cosset




• The clue is 5. They often have multiple horns. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: SKABANDS




• The clue is 13. Spy's assumption. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ALIAS

  Possible Answer : also_known_as, alias, false_name, a.k.a., assumed_name




• The clue is 15. One might be reached at a summit. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: PEACEDEAL




• The clue is 16. Part of the military brass?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: BUGLE

  Possible Answer : bugleweed, bugle




• The clue is 17. Intensely focused. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: INTHEZONE




• The clue is 18. Hyperbolic ordinal. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: UMPTEENTH

  Possible Answer : umpteenth, umptieth, umteenth




• The clue is 20. Compete in a Summer Olympic sport. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: FENCE

  Possible Answer : wall, surround, palisade, fence_in, contend, debate, argue, fencing, fence




• The clue is 21. Claim in court. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: HARM

  Possible Answer : hurt, injury, harm, trauma, impairment, damage, scathe




• The clue is 22. Peke's squeak. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: YIP

  Possible Answer : yap, yelping, yip, yelp




• The clue is 24. Something made just for show?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: SET

  Possible Answer : situated, put, primed, define, exercise_set, mark, coiffure, coiffe, fit, specify, do, sic, jell, set, Set, countersink, typeset, solidification, dictated, lay_out, band, fixed, correct, solidifying, ready, go_down, congeal, determine, rig, circle, curing, placed, fix, hardened, readiness, arrange, coif, localise, fructify, place, plant, position, lay, dress, lot, determined, bent, laid, stage_set, limit, gear_up, localize, hardening, located, Seth, prepare, rigid, pose, set_up, go_under, adjust

  Possible Opposite Answer : rise




• The clue is 25. Agcy. that helps start-ups. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: SBA

  Possible Answer : SBA, Small_Business_Administration




• The clue is 27. Keir Starmer and others, for short. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: PMS

  Possible Answer : premier, PMS, post-mortem_examination, necropsy, autopsy, post-mortem, premenstrual_syndrome, PM, postmortem_examination, Pm, postmortem, promethium, atomic_number_61, phase_modulation, Prime_Minister




• The clue is 30. Emily's List, e.g., informally. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: PAC

  Possible Answer : political_action_committee, PAC




• The clue is 32. Rembrandt and Sargent, notably. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: PORTRAITARTISTS




• The clue is 39. "Much appreciated". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: ITMEANSALOTTOME




• The clue is 40. Line from a blame-shifter. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (15 letters)

  The answer: THATWASNTMYIDEA




• The clue is 41. A split one may need trimming. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: END

  Possible Answer : final_stage, last, oddment, cease, destruction, closing, remainder, remnant, goal, finish, terminal, close, death, stop, conclusion, end, terminate, ending

  Possible Opposite Answer : begin, beginning




• The clue is 42. Garden swimmer. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: KOI




• The clue is 43. "Go to the ___, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise": Proverbs 6:6. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ANT

  Possible Answer : emmet, ant, pismire




• The clue is 44. Faux finish?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: PAS

  Possible Answer : dada, daddy, public_address_system, pappa, Keystone_State, pop, protoactinium, papa, dad, Pa, atomic_number_91, P.A., PA_system, PA, P.A._system, pascal, Pennsylvania, pa, protactinium, pas




• The clue is 47. Where the malleus and incus bones are found. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: EAR

  Possible Answer : auricle, spike, capitulum, pinna, ear




• The clue is 49. Jerry's car of choice on "Seinfeld". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SAAB




• The clue is 52. Pangolin scales, functionally. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: ARMOR

  Possible Answer : armor, armour




• The clue is 54. Transient. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: EPHEMERAL

  Possible Answer : ephemeral, short-lived, fugacious, ephemeron, transitory, passing, transient




• The clue is 59. Youth-centric magazine spinoff. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: TEENVOGUE




• The clue is 61. Subject of the classic song lyric "I'll see you in my dreams". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: IRENE




• The clue is 62. Competition with many missions. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: SPACERACE




• The clue is 63. Roman goddess of childbirth. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: DIANA

  Possible Answer : Princess_Diana, Diana, Lady_Diana_Frances_Spencer, Princess_of_Wales




• The clue is 64. Where one person's trash is another's treasure. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: YARDSALE




• The clue is 65. Unsullied environment. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: EDEN

  Possible Answer : paradise, Eden, Garden_of_Eden, Shangri-la, heaven, promised_land, nirvana

Down Clues and Answers:

• The clue is 1. Hindu gentleman. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: BABU

  Possible Answer: baboo, babu

• The clue is 2. Booster, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ALUM

  Possible Answer: potash_alum, alumna, graduate, ammonia_alum, potassium_alum, ammonium_alum, alumnus, grad, alum

• The clue is 3. Powerful D.C. lobby, informally. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: BIGPHARMA

• The clue is 4. Crimean town in 1945 headlines. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: YALTA

  Possible Answer: Yalta

• The clue is 5. In transit. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SENT

  Possible Answer: get_off, send, transport, mail, send_out, station, direct, sent, post, air, ship, send_off, broadcast, charge, transmit, place, commit, institutionalise, institutionalize, beam

  Possible Opposite Answer : unsent

• The clue is 6. Comedian Griffin. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: KATHY

• The clue is 7. Frankfurter's cry. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ACH

• The clue is 8. Part of a slider. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: BEEFPATTY

• The clue is 9. Shipbuilder's tool. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ADZE

  Possible Answer: adze, adz

• The clue is 10. Crayola's atomic tangerine and shocking pink, e.g.. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: NEONS

  Possible Answer: Ne, atomic_number_10, neon

• The clue is 11. Chicken or mashed potato. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: DANCE

  Possible Answer: trip_the_light_fantastic, trip_the_light_fantastic_toe, terpsichore, saltation, dancing, dance

• The clue is 12. Nasty fall?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: SLEET

  Possible Answer: sleet

• The clue is 14. Nostradamus, supposedly. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SEER

  Possible Answer: oracle, illusionist, prophesier, seer, vaticinator, visionary, prophet

• The clue is 15. Certain chess tactic. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: PIN

  Possible Answer: pin, pin_tumbler, tholepin, PIN_number, pivot, personal_identification_number, flag, rowlock, PIN, stick, bowling_pin, immobilize, trap, immobilise, thole, oarlock, fall, peg

  Possible Opposite Answer : unpin

• The clue is 19. Deep-fried Latin American fare. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: EMPANADA

• The clue is 23. Swear words?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (8 letters)

  The answer: IPROMISE

• The clue is 25. What female llamas do to show disinterest in a mate. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SPIT

  Possible Answer: spitting, spatter, tongue, skewer, spew, ptyalize, spittle, sprinkle, expectoration, spit_out, ptyalise, spue, pitter-patter, spit, patter, saliva

• The clue is 26. "Ice cream or cake?" response, perhaps. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: BOTH

  Possible Answer: both

• The clue is 28. White peg, in Battleship. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: MISS

  Possible Answer: leave_out, fille, overleap, omit, missy, young_woman, drop, miss, young_lady, Miss, lose, girl, lack, escape, misfire, neglect, overlook, pretermit

  Possible Opposite Answer : attend_to, hit, attend, have

• The clue is 29. Was awful. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: STANK

  Possible Answer: stink, reek

• The clue is 31. "___ Never Sleeps" (banking slogan). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: CITI

• The clue is 33. Spot for a toque. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: TETE

• The clue is 34. Things touched by touchy topics. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: RAWNERVES

• The clue is 35. Bajo's opposite. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ALTO

  Possible Answer: alto, contralto, countertenor

• The clue is 36. It's leavened with sour milk. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (9 letters)

  The answer: SODABREAD

• The clue is 37. Bootlegger busters. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: TMEN

• The clue is 38. "Take a ___". Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: SEAT

  Possible Answer: fanny, hindquarters, seat, hind_end, tush, can, bum, keister, butt, tooshie, buns, prat, arse, sit_down, nates, rear_end, invest, bottom, behind, fundament, place, rump, stern, tail_end, backside, tail, buttocks, posterior, rear, sit, induct, ass, derriere

• The clue is 44. Con target. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: PATSY

  Possible Answer: fool, fall_guy, mug, mark, chump, patsy, sucker, soft_touch, gull

• The clue is 45. Relative of a pupusa. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: AREPA

• The clue is 46. Slander. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: SMEAR

  Possible Answer: malignment, cytologic_smear, smirch, spot, smudge, cytosmear, daub, slur, sully, slander, blur, blot, vilification, denigrate, asperse, smutch, calumniate, besmirch, defame, stain, smear

• The clue is 48. Grand. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: REGAL

  Possible Answer: regal, majestic, imperial, royal, purple

• The clue is 50. Surrounded by. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: AMID

• The clue is 51. Treetop dwelling. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (5 letters)

  The answer: AERIE

  Possible Answer: aerie, eyrie, eyry, aery

• The clue is 53. Ready for a drive, perhaps?. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ONCD

• The clue is 55. Shade akin to mauve. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: PUCE

  Possible Answer: puce

• The clue is 56. Giggle syllable. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: HEE

• The clue is 57. Burrell of the Food Network. Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: ANNE

  Possible Answer: Anne

• The clue is 58. Tend (toward). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (4 letters)

  The answer: LEAN

  Possible Answer: incline, tend, list, run, tip, skimpy, lean, be_given, thin, leaning, inclination, slant, angle, tilt

  Possible Opposite Answer : fat, rich

• The clue is 60. "Kia ___" (New Zealand greeting). Can you find the Answer?

  Here is a hint. It is a word with exactly (3 letters)

  The answer: ORA

  Possible Answer: OS, oculus_sinister, Os, osmium, operating_system, os, atomic_number_76, bone

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Across Clues and Answers (35)

Clue #1: 1. Obstinate fool

3-letter answer Answer: ASS

Word Help: Synonyms: piece_of_tail, atomic_number_33, buns

Clue #2: 4. Co. badges, e.g.

3-letter answer Answer: IDS

Word Help: Synonyms: Gem_State, id, Idaho

Clue #3: 7. Keeps burning, say

6-letter answer Answer: STOKES

Word Help: Synonyms: stoke

Clue #4: 13. Apt name for a fretful fellow

3-letter answer Answer: STU

Clue #5: 14. Yogi's accessory

3-letter answer Answer: MAT

Word Help: Synonyms: Master_of_Arts_in_Teaching, matted, lustrelessness
Antonyms: unsnarl, disentangle

Clue #6: 15. Goes off track

7-letter answer Answer: DERAILS

Word Help: Synonyms: derail, jump

Clue #7: 16. Jabber

3-letter answer Answer: YAP

Word Help: Synonyms: yip, gob, hole

Clue #8: 17. Chang or Eng Bunker, notably

11-letter answer Answer: SIAMESETWIN

Clue #9: 19. Just managed, with "out"

4-letter answer Answer: EKED

Clue #10: 21. Mix up

4-letter answer Answer: STIR

Word Help: Synonyms: splash, evoke, call_down

Clue #11: 22. Recoils suddenly

5-letter answer Answer: SHIES

Word Help: Synonyms: shy

Clue #12: 23. ___ Haute, Ind.

5-letter answer Answer: TERRE

Clue #13: 25. On its way

4-letter answer Answer: SENT

Word Help: Synonyms: send_out, transport, air
Antonyms: unsent

Clue #14: 27. Throwing a ball and grasping a pencil, e.g.

11-letter answer Answer: MOTORSKILLS

Clue #15: 32. Grammy-nominated poet Nikki ___

8-letter answer Answer: GIOVANNI

Clue #16: 34. Percolated

6-letter answer Answer: SEEPED

Word Help: Synonyms: ooze, seep

Clue #17: 37. Balm additive

4-letter answer Answer: ALOE

Word Help: Synonyms: aloe

Clue #18: 38. Observes Ramadan, say

5-letter answer Answer: FASTS

Word Help: Synonyms: fast, fasting

Clue #19: 40. Stretchiness

4-letter answer Answer: GIVE

Word Help: Synonyms: kick_in, ease_up, pass
Antonyms: starve, take

Clue #20: 41. National park that's home to the Pretty Rocks Landslide

6-letter answer Answer: DENALI

Word Help: Synonyms: McKinley, Denali, Mt._McKinley

Clue #21: 43. Like pumpkin spice latte and peppermint mocha

8-letter answer Answer: SEASONAL

Word Help: Synonyms: seasonal, seasonal_worker
Antonyms: year-round

Clue #22: 45. Provider of crucial testimony

11-letter answer Answer: STARWITNESS

Clue #23: 47. Unbuckled seatbelt alert

4-letter answer Answer: BEEP

Word Help: Synonyms: bleep, beep, claxon

Clue #24: 48. Zigzag

5-letter answer Answer: WEAVE

Word Help: Synonyms: waver, meander, thread
Antonyms: unweave

Clue #25: 51. Solomonic figures

5-letter answer Answer: SAGES

Word Help: Synonyms: swag, salvia, sage

Clue #26: 55. Craft drafts, for short

4-letter answer Answer: IPAS

Clue #27: 58. Sporty auto feature

4-letter answer Answer: TTOP

Clue #28: 59. Copyright wrongs

11-letter answer Answer: PLAGIARISMS

Word Help: Synonyms: plagiarization, piracy, plagiarisation

Clue #29: 62. Sounds heard during a cuteness overload

3-letter answer Answer: AWS

Clue #30: 63. Took to the sky

7-letter answer Answer: AVIATED

Word Help: Synonyms: fly, pilot, aviate

Clue #31: 64. Young 'un

3-letter answer Answer: PUP

Word Help: Synonyms: puppy, whelp, pup

Clue #32: 65. Soccer star Messi, familiarly

3-letter answer Answer: LEO

Word Help: Synonyms: Lion, Leo_the_Lion, Leo

Clue #33: 66. Approach

6-letter answer Answer: MANNER

Word Help: Synonyms: fashion, manner, personal_manner

Clue #34: 67. Spot for wallowing

3-letter answer Answer: STY

Word Help: Synonyms: stye, eye_infection, pigsty

Clue #35: 68. One of four featured on the Yale Nature Walk

3-letter answer Answer: ELM

Word Help: Synonyms: elm, elmwood, elm_tree

Across Clues and Answers (35)

Clue #1: 1. To date

5-letter answer Answer: ASYET

Clue #2: 2. Sticking point for a gardener?

5-letter answer Answer: STAKE

Word Help: Synonyms: wager, bet_on, bet

Clue #3: 3. Celestial phenomena observed at perigees

10-letter answer Answer: SUPERMOONS

Clue #4: 4. Some online exchanges, in brief

3-letter answer Answer: IMS

Clue #5: 5. Speaker's spot

4-letter answer Answer: DAIS

Word Help: Synonyms: podium, pulpit, stump

Clue #6: 6. Walks or runs

4-letter answer Answer: STAT

Clue #7: 7. French possessive

3-letter answer Answer: SES

Word Help: Synonyms: sec, south, siemens

Clue #8: 8. Bridge support

7-letter answer Answer: TRESTLE

Word Help: Synonyms: trestle

Clue #9: 9. Swearword

4-letter answer Answer: OATH

Word Help: Synonyms: expletive, curse_word, oath

Clue #10: 10. Aussie's neighbor

4-letter answer Answer: KIWI

Word Help: Synonyms: Actinidia_chinensis, kiwi_fruit, Kiwi

Clue #11: 11. Nobel laureate Wiesel

4-letter answer Answer: ELIE

Clue #12: 12. Figs. with two dashes

4-letter answer Answer: SSNS

Clue #13: 15. Jeter in Cooperstown

5-letter answer Answer: DEREK

Clue #14: 18. Natural dividing line on a U.S. map, as suggested by this puzzle's circled letters

11-letter answer Answer: MISSISSIPPI

Word Help: Synonyms: Mississippi_River, MS, Mississippi

Clue #15: 20. Strongly suggested

7-letter answer Answer: DROVEAT

Clue #16: 24. Fig. at a train station

3-letter answer Answer: ETA

Word Help: Synonyms: ETA, eta, Basque_Homeland_and_Freedom

Clue #17: 26. Titan maker

6-letter answer Answer: NISSAN

Word Help: Synonyms: Nisan, Nissan

Clue #18: 28. Really killing it, so to speak

6-letter answer Answer: ONFIRE

Clue #19: 29. Strand in a cell

3-letter answer Answer: RNA

Word Help: Synonyms: RNA, ribonucleic_acid

Clue #20: 30. The World Map is the largest one to date, with 11,695 pieces

7-letter answer Answer: LEGOSET

Clue #21: 31. Does some creative accounting?

10-letter answer Answer: SPINSATALE

Clue #22: 32. Meander (about)

3-letter answer Answer: GAD

Word Help: Synonyms: spur, anxiety_reaction, gad

Clue #23: 33. Saint Martin, par exemple

3-letter answer Answer: ILE

Clue #24: 35. Actress Mendes

3-letter answer Answer: EVA

Clue #25: 36. Torre ___ Greco, Italy

3-letter answer Answer: DEL

Clue #26: 39. Celebration whose full name translates as "festival of the first day"

3-letter answer Answer: TET

Word Help: Synonyms: Tet

Clue #27: 42. Menlo Park, N.J., famously

7-letter answer Answer: LABSITE

Clue #28: 44. Hem, but not haw

3-letter answer Answer: SEW

Word Help: Synonyms: stitch, sew_together, run_up

Clue #29: 46. Screwy

5-letter answer Answer: WEIRD

Word Help: Synonyms: weird, uncanny, eldritch

Clue #30: 49. I, for one

5-letter answer Answer: VOWEL

Word Help: Synonyms: vowel, vowel_sound
Antonyms: consonant

Clue #31: 50. Surrey town known for its salt

5-letter answer Answer: EPSOM

Clue #32: 51. Most bulk email

4-letter answer Answer: SPAM

Word Help: Synonyms: junk_e-mail, spam, Spam

Clue #33: 52. Thomas ___ Edison

4-letter answer Answer: ALVA

Clue #34: 53. Appreciation

4-letter answer Answer: GAIN

Word Help: Synonyms: earn, realize, gain
Antonyms: fall_back, lose

Clue #35: 54. Pulitzer-winning author Jennifer

4-letter answer Answer: EGAN

Clue #36: 56. Certain vipers

4-letter answer Answer: ASPS

Word Help: Synonyms: asp_viper, asp, Egyptian_cobra

Clue #37: 57. X-rated material

4-letter answer Answer: SMUT

Word Help: Synonyms: porno, smut, pornography

Clue #38: 60. ___ Lingus

3-letter answer Answer: AER

Clue #39: 61. Stratego piece

3-letter answer Answer: SPY

Word Help: Synonyms: sight, spot, undercover_agent

Expert Solving Strategies

• Look for fill-in-the-blank clues first (they're often easiest)
• Watch for question marks indicating wordplay
• Check vowel patterns in partially solved words

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NYT Crossword clues

Let's go into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

Across Clues and Answers:

• 1. "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!" band - Show Answer
  

  ABBA

  (4 letters)



• 5. Actor Driver - Show Answer
  

  ADAM

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: X, XTC, hug_drug, ecstasy, cristal, disco_biscuit, go, Robert_Adam, Adam



• 9. ___ on a true story - Show Answer
  

  BASED

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: ground, found, free-base, establish, based, base



• 14. "Yippee!," in internet-speak - Show Answer
  

  WOOT

  (4 letters)



• 15. Rich vein of ore - Show Answer
  

  LODE

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: load, lode



• 16. Proverb - Show Answer
  

  ADAGE

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: proverb, adage, saw, byword



• 17. Young horse - Show Answer
  

  FOAL

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: foal



• 18. Garnish for a glass of iced tea - Show Answer
  

  LEMONWEDGE

  (10 letters)



• 20. How some things are better left - Show Answer
  

  UNSAID

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: unsaid, take_back, swallow, unsay, withdraw, unvoiced, unverbalized, unspoken, unverbalised, unuttered, unexpressed, unstated



• 22. Response to "Call me!" - Show Answer
  

  IWILL

  (5 letters)



• 23. Disappoints - Show Answer
  

  LETSDOWN

  (8 letters)



• 25. "I don't need that back" - Show Answer
  

  KEEPIT

  (6 letters)



• 29. Number of U.S. states without any straight borders - Show Answer
  

  ONE

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: unmatched, ace, I, 1, i, unmatchable, unrivalled, single, matchless, one_and_only, unity, nonpareil, unitary, unrivaled, one, peerless, ane



• 30. Fish-and-chips fish - Show Answer
  

  COD

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: bait, tantalise, befool, tease, cod, twit, cash_on_delivery, fool, put_one_across, gull, seedcase, tantalize, taunt, ride, collect, slang, put_on, take_in, COD, C.O.D., pod, rally, dupe, rag, codfish, razz, put_one_over



• 31. Tennis champion Swiatek - Show Answer
  

  IGA

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: IgA, immunoglobulin_A



• 32. Appliance at a hotel breakfast bar - Show Answer
  

  WAFFLEIRON

  (10 letters)



• 37. Tree of the tropics - Show Answer
  

  PALM

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: decoration, thenar, medallion, palm_tree, laurel_wreath, ribbon, medal, handle, palm



• 38. Pseudonym - Show Answer
  

  ALIAS

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: alias, also_known_as, a.k.a., false_name, assumed_name



• 39. Big wad - Show Answer
  

  GOB

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: sea_dog, mariner, seaman, trap, gob, yap, tar, hole, Jack-tar, old_salt, maw, cakehole, Jack, seafarer



• 40. Watercraft prone to tipping - Show Answer
  

  CANOE

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: canoe



• 41. Something forbidden - Show Answer
  

  NONO

  (4 letters)



• 42. Expensive cabinet material - Show Answer
  

  CHERRYWOOD

  (10 letters)



• 44. San Jose-to-Sacramento dir. - Show Answer
  

  NNE

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: NNE, north_northeast, nor'-nor'-east



• 45. "Survivor" shelter - Show Answer
  

  HUT

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: shack, shanty, field_hut, hutch, hut, army_hut, hovel



• 46. Nickname for a Bronx-born U.S. congresswoman - Show Answer
  

  AOC

  (3 letters)



• 47. Shares the same view - Show Answer
  

  AGREES

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: agree, hold, concord, fit, check, concur, jibe, accord, gibe, match, tally, fit_in, correspond, consort, harmonize, harmonise

  Antonyms: disagree



• 49. Secluded - Show Answer
  

  ISOLATED

  (8 letters)

  Synonyms: set-apart, isolate, disjunct, isolated, sequester, separated, sequestrate, keep_apart, detached, apart, marooned, stray, obscure, quarantined, set_apart, stranded, insulate



• 54. Where Nissan and Nintendo are headquartered - Show Answer
  

  JAPAN

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: Nippon, Japanese_Archipelago, Japanese_Islands, Japan, japan, Nihon



• 56. Legendary stoner? - Show Answer
  

  MEDUSA

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: medusan, medusoid, Medusa, medusa



• 57. Credit card industry pioneer … or a hint to 18-, 32- and 42-Across - Show Answer
  

  DINERSCLUB

  (10 letters)



• 61. Prefix with climactic - Show Answer
  

  ANTI

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: anti

  Antonyms: pro



• 62. The "Iliad" and the "Odyssey," for two - Show Answer
  

  EPICS

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: epos, epic_poem, epic, heroic_poem



• 63. Org. that runs the Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Show Answer
  

  NASA

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: NASA, National_Aeronautics_and_Space_Administration



• 64. Slippery part of a banana - Show Answer
  

  PEEL

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: undress, unclothe, flake_off, peel, strip_down, uncase, disrobe, strip, Robert_Peel, pare, Peel, skin, flake, Sir_Robert_Peel, discase, peel_off

  Antonyms: dress



• 65. Foamy coffee order - Show Answer
  

  LATTE

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: caffe_latte, latte



• 66. She-sheep - Show Answer
  

  EWES

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: ewe, Ewe



• 67. Guitarist Anastasio of Phish - Show Answer
  

  TREY

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: triplet, terzetto, leash, tierce, III, deuce-ace, three, triad, ternion, trio, threesome, 3, trine, trey, troika, ternary, trinity, tercet

Down Clues and Answers:

• 1. Terrible - Show Answer
  

  AWFUL

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: frightful, dreadful, horrific, unspeakable, dire, terribly, awfully, awful, awesome, direful, nasty, atrocious, fearful, horrendous, frightfully, terrible, painful, dreaded, abominable, dread, awed, tremendous, amazing, awe-inspiring, frightening, awing, fearsome

  Antonyms: nice



• 2. American frontiersman Daniel - Show Answer
  

  BOONE

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: Boone, Daniel_Boone



• 3. Caesar's "Veni, vidi, vici" is a famous one - Show Answer
  

  BOAST

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: self-praise, gas, feature, blow, brag, swash, vaunt, bluster, sport, boast, shoot_a_line, jactitation, boasting, gasconade, tout



• 4. Book of maps - Show Answer
  

  ATLAS

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: Atlas, atlas, atlas_vertebra, book_of_maps, map_collection, telamon



• 5. "Finished!" - Show Answer
  

  ALLDONE

  (7 letters)



• 6. Anonymous Jane or John - Show Answer
  

  DOE

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: Energy_Department, DOE, Department_of_Energy, doe, Energy



• 7. Website overseer, for short - Show Answer
  

  ADMIN

  (5 letters)



• 8. Be a chatty catty? - Show Answer
  

  MEOW

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: meow, miaul, miaou, miaow, mew



• 9. Cried one's eyes out - Show Answer
  

  BAWLED

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: yawp, bellow, bawl



• 10. "Rolling in the Deep" singer - Show Answer
  

  ADELE

  (5 letters)



• 11. Forlorn - Show Answer
  

  SAD

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: lamentable, deplorable, sorry, distressing, sad, pitiful

  Antonyms: glad



• 12. Binding agent in baking - Show Answer
  

  EGG

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: testis, testicle, orchis, eggs, ballock, ball, bollock, egg, nut



• 13. Grade that's not as bad as eff - Show Answer
  

  DEE

  (3 letters)



• 19. Big name in cameras - Show Answer
  

  NIKON

  (5 letters)



• 21. Greatly admired figures - Show Answer
  

  IDOLS

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: idol, perfection, god, beau_ideal, graven_image, matinee_idol, paragon



• 24. Package measurement - Show Answer
  

  WEIGHT

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: free_weight, angle, exercising_weight, burthen, weight_unit, system_of_weights, slant, weight_down, burden, weighting, weight, weightiness

  Antonyms: unburden



• 26. With 51-Down, someone who gets keys in key - Show Answer
  

  PIANO

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: soft, pianissimo, softly, pianoforte, piano, forte-piano

  Antonyms: forte



• 27. Arctic home - Show Answer
  

  IGLOO

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: iglu, igloo



• 28. Domesticated - Show Answer
  

  TAMED

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: domesticize, cultivate, chasten, naturalise, domesticate, reclaim, naturalize, moderate, tone_down, tamed, tame, domesticise, subdue

  Antonyms: wild



• 30. Snake charmers' snakes - Show Answer
  

  COBRAS

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: cobra



• 32. "___ Get Away?" (Southwest Airlines slogan) - Show Answer
  

  WANNA

  (5 letters)



• 33. Together (with) - Show Answer
  

  ALONG

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: along, on



• 34. More exquisite - Show Answer
  

  FINER

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: o.k., hunky-dory, okay, ok, finer, all_right, fine

  Antonyms: coarse



• 35. ___ Schwarz (toy retailer) - Show Answer
  

  FAO

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: FAO, Food_and_Agriculture_Organization, Food_and_Agriculture_Organization_of_the_United_Nations



• 36. Caviar - Show Answer
  

  ROE

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: roe, hard_roe



• 37. Feline foot - Show Answer
  

  PAW

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: paw, hand, manus, mitt



• 40. Ride a bike - Show Answer
  

  CYCLE

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: hertz, cps, Hz, round, pedal, bicycle, motorcycle, rhythm, cycle, cycles/second, cycle_per_second, bike, motorbike, oscillation, wheel



• 42. Inflection points - Show Answer
  

  CUSPS

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: leaflet, cusp



• 43. Robotic vacuum cleaners - Show Answer
  

  ROOMBAS

  (7 letters)



• 45. Funeral vehicle - Show Answer
  

  HEARSE

  (6 letters)

  Synonyms: hearse



• 48. Last-resort button in a cockpit - Show Answer
  

  EJECT

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: release, force_out, squeeze_out, eject, squirt, discharge, turf_out, turn_out, exclude, boot_out, exhaust, expel, chuck_out



• 49. Family member by marriage - Show Answer
  

  INLAW

  (5 letters)



• 50. Modify - Show Answer
  

  ADAPT

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: accommodate, adjust, adapt, conform



• 51. See 26-Down - Show Answer
  

  TUNER

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: tuner, wireless, receiving_set, radio_set, radio, piano_tuner, radio_receiver



• 52. Lauder of cosmetics - Show Answer
  

  ESTEE

  (5 letters)



• 53. Word with Double or Planet - Show Answer
  

  DAILY

  (5 letters)

  Synonyms: everyday, day-after-day, daily, day-to-day, day_by_day, casual, day-by-day



• 55. Teen's skin affliction - Show Answer
  

  ACNE

  (4 letters)

  Synonyms: acne



• 57. Marina ___ Rey, Calif. - Show Answer
  

  DEL

  (3 letters)



• 58. Hoppy brew, for short - Show Answer
  

  IPA

  (3 letters)



• 59. Minor criticism - Show Answer
  

  NIT

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: nit



• 60. Purpose - Show Answer
  

  USE

  (3 letters)

  Synonyms: usage, role, practice, manipulation, utilisation, consumption, utilize, habituate, enjoyment, exercise, apply, utilise, employment, economic_consumption, purpose, usance, employ, utilization, expend, use, habit, function, use_of_goods_and_services